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Weird film. Wes Craven's examination of ironic detachment. Basically if the opening of Scream 4 was a feature-length film. High school kids trying to escape the myths that they've been confined into. Most of it doesn't work, the scares especially, but it has a haunting, goofy energy that is a clear precursor to what Craven did more successfully in his next film.

in an absolutely bonkers minor key, embellished with one of the strangest senses of space and interconnectivity i've seen in a slasher, and traipsing through an absurd wealth of thinly sketched but ultimately quite compelling ideas about trauma and masculinity and mythology, a solid late effort indeed. fractured identities flee into in the next generation, and, failing to escape their pain and guilt, one by one fold back into the lone survivor, as only the living remain to bear witness, to play the part of the heroic victim, and "fake it good", learning to perform a love of pain just to be human again, human still. smashed dollhouses, strewn bits of a childhood, visitations in the mirror, all of it amounts to the burden of simply living. if the high school segments weren't so affectionately, ridiculously lived-in, none of this might land. but pathos and pleasure go hand in hand, don't they?

possibly the most wes craven-y wes craven movie, which is probably why some people love it and a lot of people hate it. if someone wanted to tear this apart for misogyny, racism, ableism re: mental disorders it wouldn't be difficult, personally it was not unpleasant enough to offend me more than the 90% of horror movies that are just as bad or worse. this is too ridiculous to be very scary or emotional, but there is one painful shot of pretty dangling feet where the blood just keeps coming and coming...and then there are the scenes involving mirrors...great digital color palette and wild as hell opening sequence and good characters and fun bird mythology? the way he thinks teenagers talk is delightful to me. i want/need to watch it again. i'm now over halfway into completing his filmography. sigh.

I haven’t revisited this in over five years and one thing still holds true for me... despite an incredibly messy first half, My Soul to Take is saved by a highly enjoyable second half—and ‘prayer conditioning’ lol. Many ideas in this are straight up regurgitated from his other movies but to way lesser effect—this is far from top form Craven but there’s still a few fun surprises to be had here.

Are teenagers always climbing in each other's bedroom windows in reality? Because, if they are, I feel like I missed out on an important part of my teenage years.

Initially befuddling, Craven's plot-thick, expansive, and meaner than shit film uses the garish, nasty qualities of high school to inspire a number of explosive moments of horror. Contains an elusive mythology, downright experimental performances, and a host of disorienting, transgressive maneuvers

Read my full review in Vague Visages.

raise your hand if your bi panic ensued whenever fang or detective patterson were on screen 🖐️

47%

Very uninteresting horror movie.

Дед забыл выпить таблеток и последний его оригинальный фильм совсем уж проходным и нелепым получился. Про сценарий лучше вообще ничего не писать, потому что Крейвен сам запутался в цифрах 7 и 5 еще в самом начале, и логика была потеряна еще в первые 7 минут.

И совсем промахнулся с молодыми актерами, на слуху более менее только Эмили Мид сейчас.

I got Elm Street vibes when Bug started seeing the souls of the people killed.. With a better script and some better actors this could have been great.

diferente ...

“you’re going somewhere hot...”

“miami?”

*gets stabbed*

I hated this movie and I will not talk about it any further.

I remember being obsessed with this movie when it first came out and I was like 10.  It’s not as amazing as I remember but it’s still a good movie!

Blog: www.skonmovies.com/2010/10/my-thoughts-on-my-soul-to-take.html

MONDO: mondomagazine.net/2010/my-soul-to-take-reviewed/

On the day the Riverton Ripper vanished without a trace, seven children were born. Today, they're all turning 16... and turning up dead. Legendary director WES CRAVEN (A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream) keeps your heart racing with a suspense-thriller filled with twists, turns and a dark secret that will send your soul searching for cover.

In the sleepy town of Riverton, legend tells of a serial killer who swore he would return to murder the seven children born the night he died. Now, 16 years later, people are disappearing again. Has the psychopath been reincarnated as one of the seven teens, or did he survive the night he was left for dead? Only one of the kids knows the answer. Adam 'Bug' Heller (Max Thieriot) was supposed to die on the last night the Riverton Ripper wrecked havoc on that terrifying night. Unaware of terrifying crimes being committed to the seven children, he has been plagued by nightmares of their murders while not aware if they hold true or if he is simply imagining the images that haunt him. But if Bug hopes to save his friends from the monster that's returned, he must face an evil that won't rest...until it finishes the job it began the day he was born.

this was filmed at my middle school